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Biografisk notat
Uketsu is an enigmatic Youtuber and author, specializing in horror and mystery. He always appears in videos wearing a white mask and black body stocking, with his voice digitally distorted. His true identity is unknown, despite the fact that he is now Japan's bestselling author, with millions of copies of his mysteries sold and translations appearing in thirty countries around the world. Strange Pictures is also available and Strange Buildings is forthcoming from Pushkin Vertigo.Original and compelling, the book carves out a space between horror, crime and fantasy
Daily Mail, Summer Reads
Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist
- Kristen Perrin, author of 'How to Solve Your Own Murder',
Uketsu's strange riddles are chilling and addictive - I couldn't put it down
- Rebecca F. Kuang, author of Yellowface,
I'm hooked on these chilling and twisted mysteries. Give me everything Uketsu writes - I'll read it in a single day, and I will not be accepting interruptions
- Samantha Shannon, author of 'The Priory of the Orange Tree',
Perfect for lovers of crime fiction as a devious and clever puzzle. Uketsu has created something bold, intense and original. Elegantly mysterious, this brief novel is an absolute treat
- Paul Burke, Crime Time
Uketsu is brilliant, disturbing and utterly, wildly entertaining, a great artist, a great storyteller and a great trickster
Bidisha
Such an incredibly fun read... I am once again blown away by how it all unravelled
zoereadsbooks
A short horror novel that unspools like a haunted architectural puzzle... Deeply unsettling
Voice Magazine
Readers will uncover the secrets of weird houses and will have puzzles to solve via words and floor plans to find the terrible truths at the heart of them
Radio Times, 'Holiday Reads'
With creeping tension and unnerving originality, this cements Uketsu as a fresh new voice in Japanese horror
The Arts Shelf
Another masterclass in the macabre... A creepy and complex puzzle mystery that almost defies explanation
Crime Fiction Lover
A sharp, suspense-packed novel that readers will likely race through in one sitting... A mystery that is as enigmatic as its author
Indian Express
A remarkably original take on the crime thriller, which makes for a compelling read
Starburst
Uketsu expertly builds sprawling layers of bizarre revelations, and remarkably convinces with his controlled, methodical explanations about once-powerful multigenerational families, inheritance, sacrifice, loyalty. The angular, crisp floorplans enhancing the pages throughout underscore a sense of careful, contained planning, enticing and enthralling readers to undoubtedly believe. . . Japan's enigmatic YouTube personality Uketsu returns with another perplexingly horrific mystery, Strange Houses, likely to unnerve yet certain to engross.
Shelf Awareness
Uketsu captivates the reader until the very end with eerie suspense. This novel is for those who enjoy strange unraveling of mysteries with several plot twists, the kind of creepy feeling that lasts long after you've finished the book
Daily Star (Bangladesh)
Praise for Strange Pictures
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Part Rubik's Cube, part Russian doll, part kaleidoscope and altogether irresistible. Strange Pictures is heady, giddy, genre-blurring stuff and so fizzy with invention and possibility that I almost pity the next novel I read
- AJ Finn,
This refreshingly original, eerie treat of a puzzle invites the reader to immerse themselves in the darkest of mysteries. So captivating I read it in a day. So disturbing I thought about it all night. Uketsu is a disrupter, the master of quiet horror
- Janice Hallett, author of 'The Appeal',
I loved it! It has the twists and fair-play style of a Golden Age whodunit, mixed with a wonderfully innovative use of illustrations. Delightfully macabre and fiendishly clever. Seemingly unconnected stories tie themselves into a complicated knot, which Uketsu masterfully unravels
- G.T. Karber, author of 'Murdle',
A superlative puzzle made of multiple parts that interconnect in unexpected ways, told inventively through pictures and text. Every twist and turn steepens the sense of foreboding. Original, intricate and deeply unsettling. I've never read anything like it
- Alex Pavesi, author of 'Eight Detectives',
Absolutely loved this clever little banger. An addictive murder mystery that unfolds like pointillism on the page: only when you reach the end, step back and view the bigger picture does each of its parts click into place. Exceptional!
- Alice Slater, author of 'Death of a Bookseller',
An intricately woven, at times unsettling, but always mesmerising piece of work
- Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants,
An eerie reading experience like we've never seen before
Shueisha News
A terrifying sketch mystery in which nine bizarre pictures are intertwined and a terrifying truth emerges
Da Vinci Web
I inhaled this unique mystery from Japan... I couldn't put it down! So original!... The twists are so good. It made me gasp a few times when dots were connected! Loved this!!
Mitsy Bookstagram
The addictive million-copy bestseller mystery taking Japan by storm, from the author of The Times Bestseller Strange Pictures
A twisty puzzle in which the reader is the detective, examining a series of creepy floorplans for clues
'Deliciously unsettling and refreshingly unique, Strange Houses will lure you in and keep you captive with every clever twist' - Kristen Perrin, author of How to Solve Your Own Murder
A sinister hidden room.
A dead space between two walls.
A sealed cellar.
A child's face glimpsed at a window.
Every house hides secrets.
But some secrets are far darker than others.
More than a million readers have discovered the terrible truth behind these strange houses.
Now it's your turn.
PRAISE FOR UKETSU
'Part Rubik's Cube, part Russian doll, part kaleidoscope and altogether irresistible. Strange Pictures is heady, giddy, genre-blurring stuff and so fizzy with invention and possibility that I almost pity the next novel I read' - A.J. Finn, author of The Woman in the Window
'A superlative puzzle made of multiple parts that interconnect in unexpected ways, told inventively through pictures and text. Every twist and turn steepens the sense of foreboding. Original, intricate and deeply unsettling. I've never read anything like it' - Alex Pavesi, author of Eight Detectives
'Absolutely loved this clever little banger. An addictive murder mystery that unfolds like pointillism on the page: only when you reach the end, step back and view the bigger picture does each of its parts click into place. Exceptional!' - Alice Slater, author of Death of a Bookseller
'An intricately woven, at times unsettling, but always mesmerising piece of work' - Ian Moore, author of Death and Croissants